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But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"—he said to the one who was paralyzed—"I say to you, stand up and take your bed and go to your home."

The scribes and the Pharisees watched him to see whether he would cure on the sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him.

After looking around at all of them, he said to him, "Stretch out your hand." He did so, and his hand was restored.

The disciples of John reported all these things to him. So John summoned two of his disciples

He said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to others I speak in parables, so that ‘looking they may not perceive, and listening they may not understand.'

The ones on the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

"No one after lighting a lamp hides it under a jar, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.

One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side of the lake." So they put out,

Now there on the hillside a large herd of swine was feeding; and the demons begged Jesus to let them enter these. So he gave them permission.

Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them; for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned.

"Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." So he went away, proclaiming throughout the city how much Jesus had done for him.

The day was drawing to a close, and the twelve came to him and said, "Send the crowd away, so that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside, to lodge and get provisions; for we are here in a deserted place."

They did so and made them all sit down.

But they did not understand this saying; its meaning was concealed from them, so that they could not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and asked, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me."

"So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be to this generation.

"No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar, but on the lampstand so that those who enter may see the light.

While he was speaking, a Pharisee invited him to dine with him; so he went in and took his place at the table.